[Coral-List] Concerns over ICRS, 2021

Wed Sep 9 01:45:02 UTC 2020

Further to my earlier message re ICRS, I recommend that we consult the best
science available as decisions are made.   See this link to a summary
article with additional links.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/sites/default/files/public/downloads/cidrap-covid19-viewpoint-part1_0.pdf

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 11:21 AM Austin Bowden-Kerby <abowdenkerby at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> I hesitate to write this, but seriously- are we kidding ourselves?  To
> plan for ICRS to be held in July 2021 seems absurd, based on the many
> scientific medical reports and the informed opinions of the experts, and
> despite attempts by certain leaders and the media to deny the facts for
> economic or political reasons. The experts tell us that there is a strong
> chance that the pandemic will still be raging by next July, and with all
> the tremendous energy required to pull off ICRS, is it really wise for the
> global coral reef community to forge ahead like this- only to have all of
> these efforts come to naught- yet again?   Am I the only one here who feels
> this way?
>
> For perspective, I am writing this from the South Pacific, where we are
> sealed off in a COVID-19 free bubble- no community spread, and only a few
> cases intercepted at the border and in strict quarantine.  At least for us
> in this region we may not be able to emerge from our secure bubble for a
> long time, perhaps until the virus is as rare as SARS1?  Presently it is
> very difficult to get flights in and out, and on returning we are required
> to be in government quarantine for two weeks- which might be expanded to
> three.  Barring some miracle cure or long lasting effective vaccine, ICRS
> is certainly not going to happen for us unless it is pushed back to 2022 or
> 2023
>
> Kind regards, and stay safe,
>
> Austin
>
> Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD
> Corals for Conservation
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>    1. ICRS 2021 Session 7J (Alexander Venn)
>>    2. ICRS2021 Session 10E: What phenotype, genotype, and
>>       environmental factors underlie coral vulnerability and resilience
>>       to thermal stress and bleaching? (Grottoli, Andrea)
>>    3. September Reef e-talk - Opposing climate-change impacts on
>>       poleward-shifting coral-reef fishes (Sonia Bejarano)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 15:57:07 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Alexander Venn <alexandervenn at yahoo.com>
>> To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: [Coral-List] ICRS 2021 Session 7J
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>> Dear Colleagues,
>> Please remember to resubmit your abstract or consider submitting for the
>> first time to our merged sessions: ?
>> Session 7J, in Theme 7 Scalable observations and technologies:
>> How can innovative techniques to investigate calcification and its
>> mechanism shed light into the past, present and future of coral reef
>> organisms?
>> How do new insights into biomineralization help us understand the reef
>> calcification response to global climate change?
>>
>> The deadline for abstracts is the 15th September!
>> For more information see:
>> https://www.icrs2021.de/program/information-update/
>> ?
>> Best regards,
>> Alexander Venn 1, Sylvie Tambutte 1, Anton Eisenhauer 2, Virginie Chamard
>> 3, Ed Hathorne 4, Fiorella Prada 5, Stefano Goffredo 5, Tali Mass 6, Jeana
>> Drake 7
>> 1 Centre Scientifique de Monaco (Monaco)
>> 2 GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany)
>> 3 Institut Fresnel (Marseille, France)
>> 4 GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany)
>> 5 University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
>> 6 University of Haifa (Haifa, Israel)
>> 7 University of California Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
>> Alexander VennCentre Scientifique de Monacowww.centrescientifique.mc
>> avenn at centrescientifique.mc
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 03:58:22 +0000
>> From: "Grottoli, Andrea" <grottoli.1 at osu.edu>
>> To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: [Coral-List] ICRS2021 Session 10E: What phenotype, genotype,
>>         and environmental factors underlie coral vulnerability and
>> resilience
>>         to thermal stress and bleaching?
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>> Dear Colleagues:
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>> Please consider submitting your abstract for the upcoming 14th
>> International Coral Reef Symposium in Bremen, Germany to the session I am
>> chairing (session 10E): What phenotype, genotype, and environmental factors
>> underlie coral vulnerability and resilience to thermal stress and
>> bleaching? Deadline is 15 September 2020.  I look forward to seeing you in
>> Bremen next summer.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrea
>>
>> *******************************************************
>> Andr?a G Grottoli, PhD
>> Professor
>> Director of the Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network
>> President of the International Coral Reef Society
>> Chair of the SES Promotion and Tenure Committee
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>> Webpage: u.osu.edu/grottoli.1
>> Fieldwork Micro-blog: twitter.com/CoralResearch
>> Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network:
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 18:24:25 +0200
>> From: Sonia Bejarano <sonia.bejarano at leibniz-zmt.de>
>> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> Subject: [Coral-List] September Reef e-talk - Opposing climate-change
>>         impacts on poleward-shifting coral-reef fishes
>> Message-ID: <3c32f4bc-6cd6-090c-6424-505937ed31d9 at leibniz-zmt.de>
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>> Dear Listers,
>>
>> The Reef Systems Research group at ZMT invites you to register to the
>> Reef e-talk this month: *Opposing climate-change impacts on
>> poleward-shifting coral-reef fishes***by Professor David J. Booth,
>> School of Life Sciences University of Technology Sydney.
>> Date and time: Sept 15th - 09:00 am (CEST)
>> Sign up for this and more online monthly talks here:
>> https://www.leibniz-zmt.de/en/reef-e-talks.html
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>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Sonia
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